Orange County Rancho Title Abstracts (Collection of)

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Orange County Rancho Title Abstracts (Collection of)

MS.R.080

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box 1, folder 1-3

Abstract and Title Insurance Company of Los Angeles title abstracts

box 1, folder 1

Rancho Boca de la Playa 1879-1887

Scope and Contents note

Document includes mortgage documents, minutes of probate court proceedings, 3 hand drawn maps, patents, and deeds assessments for such historic California personages as Emigdio Vejar, Pablo Pryor, and Marcos Forster (son of prominent landowner John Forster).

box 1, folder 2-4

Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana 1868-1891

Scope and Contents note

Document includes 4 hand-drawn maps, minutes of probate court proceedings, deeds, mortgage records, tax assessments and certificates.

box 1, folder 5

Remaining interest of Henry Watson in the Smythe Tract 1869-1887

Scope and Contents note

Document includes a hand-drawn map of Smythe Tract along with a number of deeds, mortgages and assessments.

box 1, folder 1-3

Pendleton and Williams, Examiners of Titles and Searchers of Records. Title abstracts of the Colima Tract of Rancho Santa Gertrudis 1871-1887

Scope and Contents note

Mimeographed document detailing a title search for the Colima Tract property with its concluding 5 years searched and certified by Pendleton and Williams. Document includes works by a number of early California title examiners, such as Judson (who offered the first California land title) Gillette and Gibson, Hazzard and many others.

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